INFER
\ɪnfˈɜː], \ɪnfˈɜː], \ɪ_n_f_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of INFER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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conclude by reasoning; in logic
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draw from specific cases for more general cases
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guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
By Princeton University
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conclude by reasoning; in logic
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draw from specific cases for more general cases
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guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
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To offer, as violence.
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To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
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To show; to manifest; to prove.
By Oddity Software
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To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
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To offer, as violence.
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To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
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To show; to manifest; to prove.
By Noah Webster.
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To arrive at (a conclusion, etc.), by reasoning; as, from the study of Indian relics we infer that some tribes had no little civilization; accept as a fact or consequence; to lead to as a consequence; imply; to contain or include as a matter of course; as, your haste infers your eagerness; to make clear without direct statement.
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To conclude.
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Inferred.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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